Taman Sari Kraton Yogyakarta

Taman Sari Water Palace is a palace complex that is actually comprised of several buildings (not all of these buildings are in the water) and its location is still in the palatial Ngayogyakarta. In English, better known by the name "Perfume Garden" or "Fragrant Garden", because many fragrant flowers planted this garden environment. Taman Sari - Yogyakarta is not just a recreational park royal family in those days, but it has various functions such as Camouflage area against its enemies, and is a bastion system, while also as a place of meditation for the Kings, where making batik conducted by the concubines of King and the daughters of King, a military training ground for the royal army and there's more.
Taman Sari, Yogyakarta was founded in 1758 that the idea was originally from Prince Mangkubumi (later titled lane I) and Raden Ronggo Prawirosentiko (Regent Madison) as an architect, while Demat Tegis (Portuguese native who earned his degree from the kingdom) as a structural expert .
There are several elements that affect the complex architecture of this castle, including the influence of Hindu and Buddhist, Javanese and Islamic, Chinese, Portuguese and European styles, can be seen in some parts of this building.
Taman Sari - Yogyakarta has two main gates, namely Gapuro the Great (who was the West section) and Gapuro Stage (which was the East section, which is currently (in 2007) is used as the main entrance to the location of Taman Sari complex).
Shape gate or 'Gapuro'nya very beautiful, which is the original style of Java, the details of this Gapuro a Java native motifs like stylized tendrils of plants, birds, tail and eagle wings.